Power still out in Plainville area and utility doesn't know how long

Syracuse, NY -- Power is out to more than 800 National Grid customers in western Onondaga County.

National Grid's Web site reports the outage began shortly before 8 p.m. and did not offer an estimate of when power would be restored to the 847 customers affected.

Instead, National Grid reports that the situation was being assessed. A nearby, smaller outage, affecting fewer than five people in southern Oswego County, is expected to be resolved by 11:15 p.m., National Grid said.